Susanne Köppen

Biomass and Food

Research Topics

  • Development of Excel-based tools for assessing the greenhouse gas emissions of bioenergy (BioGrace, ENZO2)
  • Methodology for the sustainability assessment of biomass (energy, material use)
  • Life cycle assessment and material flow analysis for bioenergy and biomaterials

Curriculum Vitae

  • Since 2007 Research associate at ifeu Heidelberg
  • 2000–2005 Studies in landscape ecology and nature conservation at the University of Greifswald

Selected Projects

  • BioGrace – Harmonisation of GHG emission calculations in Europe (EU)
  • Development of the GHG calculation tool ENZO2 (BMUB)
  • BioEm – Update of emission factors for bioenergy (UBA)
  • Resource efficiency through cascade use of biomass (UBA)
  • Protein2Food - Development of high quality food protein from multi-purpose crops through optimized, sustainable production and processing methods (EU)
  • Biofuels Screening Toolkit – Guidelines for decision makers (GEF / UNIDO)

Further information

Publication list